Hanover, NM is a small town in the Southwestern United States. It is largely rural, with agriculture being the main industry. Although it is a small town, it still has an active local politics scene. Every two years, the citizens of Hanover come together to vote for their local representatives. These elected representatives bring voices from their communities and advocate on behalf of the people's interests at the state level. Over the years, they have shaped laws that improve the lives of Hanover’s citizens. Local politicians also work to ensure that local businesses and public works projects are held to high standards and promote economic growth in this small community. Residents of Hanover take pride in their hometown and make sure to stay informed on local issues so they can support the right decisions at election time.
The political climate in Hanover, NM is leaning conservative.
Grant County, NM is leaning liberal. In Grant County, NM 52.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 45.4% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 2.0% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Grant county remained moderately Democratic, 52.6% to 45.4%.
Grant county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Hanover, NM is leaning conservative.
Grant County, New Mexico is leaning liberal.
Silver City Metro Area is leaning liberal.
New Mexico is somewhat liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Hanover, New Mexico: d d D D d d
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Hanover, NM
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 402 contributions totaling $17,898 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $45 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 20 contributions totaling $4,500 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $225 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)